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Aram Sargsyan was born on August 14, 1949 in Yerevan. In 1966 he finished the secondary school and started working at the Choir Society of Armenia as a worker. In 1972 A. Sarkissyan graduated from the Yerevan State Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages and started his working experience at the Tyres Factory and later worked for the “Komsomolets” newspaper.

A year later, A. Sargsyan studied at the Department of High School of Komsomol (Young Communists’ League). In 1976 he headed the Department for Propaganda and Cultural Work with Youth of the Central Committee of Komsomol of Armenia.

Starting from 1974, Mr. Sargsyan was affiliated to “Komsomolskaya Gazetta.”

In 1978 he worked as an instructor of organizational Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia. In 1979 he was invited to take up a position of the special reporter in Armenia for “Komsomolskaya gazetta.”

In November 1990 at the 29th Congress of the CPA, Aram Sargsyan was elected a Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party and in June - First Secretary.

In 1991 Aram Sargsyan initiated the establishment of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Since 1991 he has been the Chairman of NDP and the editor-in-chief of “Azdarar” newspaper.

Aram Sargsyan is married, has three children.

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